"didact" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdaɪdækt/, /dɪdˈækt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: didacts [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διδακτός (didaktós). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|διδακτός}} Ancient Greek διδακτός (didaktós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} didact (plural didacts)
  1. A didactic person. Synonyms: teacher, instructor, preceptor, pedagogue Coordinate_terms: pedant
    Sense id: en-didact-en-noun-PWrLygde Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 30 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 31 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 21 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 34 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 42 34 24
  2. A person gifted, trained, or intending to instruct. Synonyms: teacher, instructor, preceptor
    Sense id: en-didact-en-noun-wLBnG-j6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 30 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 21 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 42 34 24
  3. (loosely) Any teacher. Tags: broadly Translations (Translations): didaktiker [common-gender] (Danish), didacte [feminine, masculine] (French), дида́кт (didákt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-didact-en-noun-f~iOeojL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 30 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 21 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 42 34 24 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 26 23 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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